Everett Tugs Emergency Services CALL OUTS

Everett Tug and Harbor Support Services
Everett, Washington

1. Action Code:  Presolicitation
2. Date:  15 November 2016
3. Year:  Fiscal Year:  2017
4. Contracting Office Zip Code:  23511
5. Classification Code:  V124
6. Contracting Office Address:  471 East C Street, Norfolk, Virginia
7. Subject: Two time-chartered, U.S. flag tugs to provide harbor support services and ship handling for the Everett, Washington area
8. Proposed Solicitation Number:  N32205-17-R-3504
9. Closing Response Date: 22 Nov 2016
10. Contact Point or Contracting Officer:  Kolby Harold  (Kolby.Harold@navy.mil)
11. Contract Award and Solicitation Number:  N32205-17-R-3504
12. Contract Award Dollar Amount: 
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14. Contract Award Date: 
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16. Description:  The Military Sealift Command (MSC) requests one to two time-chartered, U.S. flag tugs to provide harbor support services and ship handling for the Everett, Washington area.  This contract is for requirements that cannot be satisfied with government owned, controlled or time-chartered vessels (both current and follow-on contracts). The following list, is not all- inclusive in neither scope nor description, is illustrative of the services to be performed:
(a) Towing, twisting, mooring, berthing, docking, streaming, shifting, assisting, pulling, and escorting various vessel types, barges, submarines, crafts, hulls, sleds, derricks, lighters, and objects of whatsoever nature including anything carried thereon.  Government reserves the right to use Government-owned, controlled, or chartered Tugs or vessels separately or jointly with Owner's Tugs in the performance of any services listed in this Contract.
(b) Transfers of pilots and Government Personnel by Tug.
(c) Tug emergency support services, including responses to weather conditions, threatening vessels, piers, dry-docks, or shore facilities; shipboard fires; vessels aground; vessel equipment failures; downed aircraft; oil spills; missions of mercy; collisions; ammunition mishaps; search-and-rescue operations; shipboard casualty; and National Defense Emergency
(d) Line handling
(e) Providing personnel (other than a riding crew) to go aboard a tow.
(f) Owner's Representative shall provide adequate staff and communications to promptly respond to Government's requests for services under this Contract on a 24-hour-day basis.
This is a requirements contract. Estimates for call outs will be provided; however, there is not a guarantee of work.

a. Unit of issue: n/a
b. Destination information: The place of performance shall be in the geographical region(s) of Everett, Washington and the surrounding navigable waters
c. Delivery schedule: n/a
d. Procedures:  n/a
e. Anticipated Award Date: 30 December 2016
f. The solicitation will be made available on www.fbo.gov on or about 16 November 2016
g. Set-aside Status:  No Set Aside

17. The decision for this requirement to be full and open was determined from Market Research.  Previous procurements for this supply have shown that there is no expectation to receive quotes from two or more small businesses.  MSC's Small Business office agreed to this decision on 15 November 2016.